Post Tower
Headquarters of the DHL Group / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the German office building. For the New York Evening Post building also known as the Post Towers, see Post Towers.
Post Tower is the headquarters of the logistic company DHL Group with the two brands: the Deutsche Post postal services and the DHL logistics service. The Post Tower is a 162.5-metre, 41-storey office building in Bonn, Germany. It was designed by German-American architect Helmut Jahn and won the 2002 Silver Emporis Skyscraper Award.
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General information | |
Type | Company Headquarters |
Architectural style | Postmodernist |
Location | Bonn, Germany |
Construction started | 2000 |
Completed | 2002 |
Cost | 78 Million € |
Owner | DHL Group (Deutsche Post AG) |
Height | 162.5 m (533 ft)[1] |
Technical details | |
Material | Steel, Concrete, Glass |
Size | 107,000 m2 (1,150,000 sq ft) |
Floor count | 41 Obergeschosse (Aboveground storeys) 5 Untergeschosse (Underground Storeys) |
Floor area | 7,000 m2 (75,000 sq ft) |
Lifts/elevators | 19 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Helmut Jahn |
Architecture firm | Murphy and Jahn |
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It is the fourteenth tallest skyscraper in Germany, and the tallest in Germany outside of Frankfurt am Main.